It Became a Symbol of the Bronze Age - Chapter 199

Episode 199. Korean Peninsula Defragmentation (6)

“Seup… .”

Saliva dripped.

I speak conscientiously, yes.

I was watching something pornographic.

‘Look at this brilliant map of [Manpeninsula]!’

As I was looking at that beautiful map, my saliva started dripping.

Barang, who saw this, spoke in awe.

“How many times are you watching that? “Today is already the 21st time.”

“what? That’s all you saw? “I’ll have to watch it until I fill it a hundred times.”

“… “You need to look at the stability of the four departments.”

Hmm, it’s nice to watch porn, but I have to do my job. The most important thing is stability.

Seuliholbu in Paju.

Hangarambu in Gangbuk.

Geonbu of Iksan.

and Sinunbu in Haenam.

It is time to choose a stable outlook for these four newly conquered regions.

‘First of all, Kang Seok is confirmed to be the one… The rest is the problem.’

Since the founding fathers were already spread out and working here and there, it was decided to use New Face here.

And, Geon-suk, a talent expert, selected the right talent with the help of Han-ho.

“In the case of Seul-i-Holbu, breasts would be suitable.”

“chest?”

“He is a talented person from Burunabu who made great contributions in the Gomgoryeo War and now serves as a member of the National Assembly in Burunabu. “If you leave it to him, there won’t be any major repercussions.”

It’s my heart… It’s a bit of a name, but it’s not like I actually know someone with that name.

‘… It’s Yeon Gaesomun’s real name.’

Yeongaesomun is a phonetic Chinese character, and its original pronunciation remains in Japanese records and is called ‘irigasumi’.

Here, iri means ‘pond’, so the saint is Yeon.

Kasumi, or Boobs, must have been a ‘dog rumor’. For reference, Gaesomun means ‘hard and heavy.’

So, Yeongaesomun was ‘Dandanmujik from the Yeondo family’… .

Of course, the heart I am talking about here is not Yeon Gaesomun. Yeongaesomun will take another 1,000 years to come out.

‘The name is a bit uncomfortable… .’

Isn’t that an icon of anti-justice?

However, I am not an evil boss like Zhuge Gongmyeong who excludes people from promotions and harasses them because they have flat heads.

Since Geon-suk and Han-ho chose it, this heart-shaped person must also have outstanding talent.

“Are you saying you’re kicking me out of my position as a member of the National Assembly?”

“It is much better to be a stable official than a member of the National Assembly. Even the Samcheok kid knows that.”

“but… .”

I went to the National Assembly members of the Republic of Korea and asked, ‘Would you rather not be a member of the National Assembly and the Governor of Gyeonggi Province from today?’ I wonder how many people would reject it.

This is especially true in this era. A Jeong Jeong-gwan is more valuable than a lawmaker, both in terms of honor and income.

“Then what about Hangarambu?”

“What about a bridge there?”

“leg?”

That would probably be equivalent to a ‘field’ in the parlance of this era.

It is the same as Asadal’s ‘Moon’.

Geonsuk explained.

“He was a former slave of the Pan tribe, and I think he was called Dari because he was in charge of the fields. This person was the one who was at the forefront of Jungsu’s rebellion in the past. After that, he participated in the war of Gom Goryeo and played a big role in appeasing the Gom slaves, and is now serving as an adjutant to Bakjae, the stabilizer of the Gom Department.”

Chest, then legs.

“… By any chance, is the name of the person you are sending to Shinunbu called Bal?”

“How did you know?”

Geon-sook opened her eyes wide.

“Val is from the receiver department and has been called Val since he was young because of his quick feet. He was the leader of the secretaries for a long time and even during wartime, he led the detachment and played his role well. “I have experience managing people and serving in the military, so this will be of great help.”

“… “I guess I’ll have to meet him first.”

like that.

Gangseok, chest, legs, and feet were dispatched to their respective areas.

Of course, I had a meeting with them once before, and they were quite talented as they passed Gunsook’s strict screening process.

And to add my personal opinion.

I liked the legs, feet, and chest in that order.

***

I called Kang Seok over and gave him some pyrethrum seeds.

“This is really important.”

“yes.”

“You must never fail.”

“… yes.”

Among the righteous enemies of the Goryeo Dynasty, there was a man named Mun Ik-jeom. A person who brought in improved cotton from the central plains. (I don’t think they just imported cotton, because remains of cotton were discovered even during the Baekje period.)

Moon Ik-jeom succeeded in growing this seed, literally saving the lives of millions of people.

And now, Kang Seok has taken over that role.

“The lives of thousands of soldiers now depend on this seed, and the lives of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Asadal people in the future depend on it. Be sure to succeed. “Failure is not tolerated.”

Kang Seok nodded at those words.

Poongbaek is not a person who is good at saying things like ‘I don’t tolerate failure.’ It might fail – it’s closer to that. What kind of person speaks like that?

It means that if you really fail, you will be in big trouble.

Of course I won’t kill you, but… It’s obvious what will happen.

‘To the side of the bar… Do you want to send it?’

Then, it is clear that his feet will never be touched by a foot volleyball ball.

Kang Seok vowed that he would make this flower bloom splendidly even for his own future.

***

Pungbaek’s 9th year.

Pyrethrum was blooming in every field.

When Kang Seok saw that, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Thank God… “I’m really glad.”

With this, it seems like the future of being stuck next to the bar for the rest of my life and not being able to kick a soccer ball has disappeared.

Now, the flower that has grown to fill three fields is pyrethrum. The sight was quite surprising.

‘All the bugs that target the stem die.’

At first, Kang Seok was embarrassed when he saw that. If you kill bugs, how will flowers grow? Bees and butterflies are also bugs.

However, this pyrethrum was mysterious. It did not kill bees and butterflies, but only insects that ate the stems or roots. It seemed that only the stems and roots were toxic.

‘Still, it was difficult in the beginning.’

First, Kang Seok planted pyrethrum near the place where mulberry trees grew, just as Poongbaek had said.

The reason was simple. This is because the properties of the two are similar. Both are more influenced by the nature of the sky than the nature of the earth. Both were not greatly affected by intelligence, but were weak to moisture.

So, this means that it is okay to plant pyrethrum in a place where mulberry, which is sensitive to moisture, grows.

Therefore, Kang Seok planted large quantities of pyrethrum in shallow valleys or field banks that met both requirements.

A terrain where even if there is a lot of rain, it soon flows down.

And, after his efforts, the flowers began to bloom. To begin with, it is a wild flower and a species that blooms regardless of the season.

However, when I first planted it, it was surprisingly difficult to spread the flowers.

Because of the bees and butterflies.

These clever guys were wary of plants they had never seen before. But that didn’t last long. These guys soon realized that Pyrethrum was safe.

And now, after a year of pyrethrum farming.

Kang Seok smiled as he looked at the vast pyrethrum.

I also knew how to use it.

“If you mix the juice of this pyrethrum with my water, all the bugs will die!”

“Look, it’s harmless to people and only kills insects!”

As an experiment, I sprayed pyrethrum on a man with many fleas and bed bugs. After spraying it three times, no fleas or bed bugs could be found on the man’s body.

“Besides, it is only used for military purposes now, but in the future it may be used for agricultural purposes as well.”

“Hmm, wouldn’t whale oil be a better pesticide?”

“is that so?”

“Well, it’s good to have many substitutes.”

And, Kang Seok’s work does not end here.

“Gather mulberry from the valley.”

Gangseok also collected dak.

Mulberry is a type of mulberry tree that mainly grows in shallow valleys or field banks. The seeds had thorns at the end, and when eaten with the thorns removed, they were quite sweet.

Kang Seok collected this mulberry and always replanted it in the place where it was collected. Poongbaek is a faithful believer. If you don’t do that, it will only take a moment for the forest to become a bare mountain.

Fortunately, like pyrethrum, dak grew well even in barren, useless empty lots and sandy soil if you diligently tilled and fertilized it. He was able to grow it without interfering with farming.

When planting, I did not plant seeds, but used a transplant method.

Plant it at an angle to the ground and cover it with a thick layer of soil. And they sowed hemp seeds together.

‘This was a really smart move.’

If you sprinkle ginseng around a mulberry tree, the well-growing ginseng acts as an insulator and prevents the mulberry tree from freezing during the winter. After winter, they cut down the mulberry trees, burned all the hemp, and sprinkled urine on them.

Saltpeter is made by mixing ash and urine, and saltpeter is both a gunpowder material and the most common fertilizer.

Potassium nitrate coming from my country is a gunpowder material and cannot be used as fertilizer, so this method is used.

“Did you cut the mulberry plants well?”

“That’s right. “It’s one cart.”

In addition, we also collected a grass called dakpul.

It has big roots and its juice is sticky. This guy was easy to collect because it was spread out all over the river.

Poongbaek gave exact figures here as well.

10 to 1. If you cut 10 geun of mulberry tree, you can dig up 1 geun of mulberry plant. Since the numbers were so accurate, there wasn’t a lot of wasted material.

The mulberry plants collected in this way were peeled, dried, and shipped to Shinsi, where they were converted into paper at a paper mill in Shinsi.

Poongbaek knew the process surprisingly accurately.

***

“Clean up the mulberry plant and water in a ratio of 1 to 3.”

“Then, add 70 geun of water to 100 geun of mulberry bark, add 12 geun of lime, and boil over low heat for 4 hours.”

“When the skin becomes soft, fold it and wash it thoroughly with cold water. Then, the raw materials made from this are dried in the sun for two days in the winter and one day in the summer.”

“After that, place it on a flat rock and hit it with a wooden bat, then mix it with the collected mulberry grass in a ratio of 10 to 4 and dry it.”

The craftsmen moved busily at my words. It’s not because I’m angry, but Asadal people are naturally quick on their feet.

The people of Central Plains must have found this sight so fascinating that, in the records of Goguryeo left in China, they say, ‘Goguryeo people run around as if they don’t know how to walk, and when they sit, they squat without touching their buttocks to the floor, and then run out as if they have some work to do.’ ‘.’

The gene for quick hurry was still present in this era.

And Asadal’s father-in-law was especially fast. If there was a person who was creating a bottleneck because of the aesthetics, there was a warning from the higher-ups before Eulji or I could say anything.

“You bastard? “Is that second-year guy slower than me?”

When the second-level craftsman saw the apprentice craftsman acting hostilely, he said that, and the senior craftsman next to him laughed.

“Hehehehe, don’t grab the kid too much. “It could be because I don’t know much since I’m a second-year apprentice.”

“I’m sorry, Chief Elder. Because I couldn’t manage it… .”

“No, no. You can walk. Is that possible? Of course, a master craftsman with 10 years of experience like me has to run around because he is a lowly person, but a 2-year apprentice craftsman can walk. “Isn’t that right?”

The apprentice craftsman turned pale when he heard this.

“Elder! “Please curse instead!”

“Hmm, apprentice! Why are you like this! iced coffee! I made a mistake! “It looks like you’re having a hard time walking like that, so I’ll take off your bedding right away!”

… Well, it’s like this.

If I do this, won’t I get hit? In Asadal, artisans receive the highest treatment. In the 21st century, a doctor is a doctor.

And medical school residency life is famous for being really tough and grueling… But is there anyone who beat up doctors during residency?

Of course not. Because I know that if I grit my teeth and hold on and keep climbing, I will succeed in the end.

“If you understand, run. “Until your calves are on fire.”

“All right!”

Just like that, my father-in-law, who used to run like a marathon runner, now started moving like a sprinter. The craftsmen who saw this smiled with satisfaction.

“That guy, will he become big?”

“Maybe. I learn quickly. “I was tired from working all day yesterday, so I took a short walk.”

“okay. I also think that guy will become big. However, a good iron becomes a good weapon only when it hits well.”

“Of course.”

Cursing in front and praising behind?

In the world I know, it was usually the opposite.

… I don’t even know what the lives of artisans are like.

Also, why compare it to iron?

You guys are paper craftsmen… .

Anyway, it’s hard to tell where Asadal’s unique craftsmanship culture, praised in front and praised behind, began.

As a result, thanks to these efforts, the Hanji workshop quickly established itself.

“When we mix mulberry paste with mulberry paste and dry it, the quality of the paper is excellent!”

“I guess so.”

Paper, cement, and asphalt look different, but their manufacturing principles are the same. Cement is made by bonding sand with lime, asphalt is made by bonding sand with tar, and paper is made by bonding fibers with mulberry grass.

The Korean paper made this way was definitely better than the chaefu paper previously used in Asadal.

The chafuji that Asadal usually used was made of hemp.

When you press hemp, a sap comes out. I used this hemp sap as glue and mixed it with a little bit of leather.

However, paper made from this was not very durable, and more than anything, it did not look good because animal fur was visible here and there.

Because there were no white-furred animals in Asadal.

When I see black or yellow hair stuck on white paper, I get dizzy. If you compare it to the 21st century, it feels like your eyebrows have fallen on a smartphone.

But today’s hanji is different.

Mulberry grass, which has better adhesive properties than hemp resin, was used, and mulberry tree, which is more durable than hemp, was used. Moreover, no animal fur or pieces of leather were added.

Of course, the manufacturing itself was more difficult than Chafuji, but it has disadvantages that Chafuji does not have.

‘Because you can wash it.’

Of course, since paper was very precious, Asadal used the paper with great effort to wash it. I had to wash it very carefully, and even after washing it once or twice, it became tattered and unusable.

But Hanji is different. It was easy to wash ten times, so it could truly be said to be the best paper.

Even during the Joseon Dynasty, Hanji was mainly washed and used.

King Sejong, who was warm to the people but cold to his subjects, was angry when a dog-like Jang-gye came up, saying, ‘Suck this right away.’

King Yeongjo, who was cold to his subjects and even colder to his son, also said that if he did not like Jang-gye, he would say, “What a waste of paper, why did you use something like this?” “Only women who wash paper are having a hard time because of you guys,” he said loudly.

Well, I didn’t say it that way.

But no one said that.

“I pity the tree, the tree!”

“… Are you reading the report Chau sent?”

“Can this be called a report?”

… Chow copied Joong-soo’s and wrote a report. So he learned the details.

But I learned something bad.

[There is a large tree in Sinwoonbu. A lot of fruits grow near that tree, and these fruits are sweet, sour, and delicious. Commonly called chestnut fruit. That’s because I only eat it at night. The reason I eat it at night is because there are so many bugs. The flesh is so soft that if you eat it at night, you won’t know whether you’re eating a bug or a fruit. Very tasty. But honestly, I don’t know why I eat it at night. Aren’t bugs delicious too?]

So, I ended up writing it at length.

I ended up writing it at length.

I can’t even figure out what he’s trying to say. Before, it was short but had some substance, but now it has become a rare piece of shit report that lacks both context and writing skills.

Of course, there was still everything there… In order to figure it out, an additional labor process, like putting pieces of a puzzle together, had to be involved.

“… A real Chow child should apologize to the mountains, rivers and trees. What is a report? Isn’t it about conveying what happened clearly and in an easy-to-read manner? But turning trees into trash? If this mulberry tree had known that it would be written about in shit like this, it would have been better if it had never been born! Hehe, I guess I should have just killed him!”

… There seems to be a lot of dissatisfaction.

To be honest, I’d like to see it sorted out, but I also understand Barang’s position. Varang reads at least dozens or hundreds of reports a day.

Honestly, I could have a subordinate do it… Varang was a very thorough person, so he had to see almost all the reports with his own eyes to be relieved.

From the subordinate’s point of view, he is a crazy and jumping boss, and from the point of view of someone who has him as a subordinate, there is no subordinate like him.

anyway… In the meantime, I’m going to be really annoyed if it takes another 3 or 4 minutes because there’s this kind of wordy report.

Our professor was like that too. If the paper was even slightly crooked or if a sentence was written in a way that was not understandable, it was immediately dismissed. The people who review papers read dozens of papers a day, and they get angry when they see things like this… do.

So, I spoke cautiously.

“… Still, it’s better than before, right?”

“Well, that’s right.”

“Besides, Hanji can be washed and used… .”

“That’s a good thing. Not to me, but to this mulberry tree. “I will be able to fulfill my role in the future.”

Varang sighed and took out the next report.

“This is Kang Seok’s report on Pyrethrum. Pyrethrum is good when mixed with water, and it is said to be enough for an entire soldier.”

“The Bear Village Movement is also successful. If all goes as expected, this is enough to sustain a war for two years.”

“Hanjin and Gaeson are turning what Jungsu and Chau have built into a manual and teaching it to the soldiers.”

“Besides, Qi continues to teach me. “It looks like the Yan Dynasty’s momentum is a bit harsh.”

What all these indicators tell us is obvious.

“It is time to end the Yan Dynasty.”

Now everything is ready.

Someone said, war must bide its time.

But I don’t think so.

“Tell Guan Yio to stop buying herbs.”

I make time.